Human Development and Psychology

Curriculum

2007-08 Requirements

The following HDP program requirements are for the 2007-2008 academic year only and are subject to change for the 2008-2009 academic year.

HDP students must complete 8 courses before graduation, as outlined below:

• 1 Culture and Social Development course (courses listed below)
• 1 Cognitive and Language Development course (courses listed below)
• 1 Research Methods and Data Analysis course (courses listed below)
• 3 additional courses which focus on Human Development and Psychology
• 2 elective courses (either at HGSE or at another Harvard or MIT schools through cross-registration)

Culture and Social Development courses (1 course) 

• AH-125 The Science of Learning, Behavior, and Health: Implications for Social Policy (spring, Shonkoff)
• H-137 Emotional Development: Biology, Relationships, Culture (not offered 2007-08)
• H-203 Low-Income Children and Families: A Developmental Perspective (spring, Epps)
• H-217 Adolescent into Adult: Development through the College Years (spring, Ducey)
• H-236 Adolescent Development: Psychosocial Implications for School Practice and Community Partnerships (spring, Epps)
• H-250 Developmental Psychology: Psychology of Early Childhood (fall, Harris)
• H-331 Risk and Resilience in Social Contexts from Birth to Young Adulthood: Strategies of Prevention and Intervention (fall, Yoshikawa)
• H-370 Social and Ethical Development in the Elementary and Secondary School Years
  (fall, Selman)
• H-382 The Problems Kids Have: Psychosocial, Developmental, and Biological Perspectives of Risk in School-Age Children (spring)
• H-392 The Nature of Childhood Trauma (spring, Groves)
• H-502 Youth Culture(s): Building Difference, Breaking It Down (spring, Pollock)
• H-525 Immigration, Education, and Identities in the United States (not offered in 2007-08)
• AH-600 Parenting, Schools, and Achievement (spring, Nancy Hill)
• H-603 Educating for Civic Responsibility (fall, Haste)
• H-605 Social and Moral Development (not offered in 2007-08)
• H-607 Psychology of Ethnicity and Context (fall, Nancy Hill)
• HT-500 Growing up in a Media World (fall, Blatt)
• S-504 Doing and Writing about Qualitative Research (fall, Fong)
• T-006 Adult Development (spring, Kegan)

Cognitive and Language Development courses (1 course)

• AH-125 The Science of Learning, Behavior, and Health: Implications for Social Policy
• H-137 Emotional Development: Biology, Relationships, Culture (not offered 2007-08)
• H-152 *Children and Emotion (spring, Harris)
• H-217 Adolescent into Adult: Development through the College Years (spring, Ducey)
• H-250 Developmental Psychology: Psychology of Early Childhood (fall, Harris)
• H-370 Social and Ethical Development in the Elementary and Secondary School Years (fall, Selman)
• *H-371 Theories and Methods of Child/Adolescent Cognitive and Psychological Assessment (spring)
• H-392 The Nature of Childhood Trauma (spring, Groves)
• H-700 From Language to Literacy (fall, Pan)
• H-714 Language and Culture (not offered in 2007-08)
• HT-100 Cognitive Development, Education, and the Brain (year-long; counts as 2 courses, Fischer, Gardner, Rose)
• T-006 Adult Development (spring, Kegan)
• T-407 Learning in the Content Areas (spring, Star)
• T-540 Cognition and the Art and Science of Instruction (not offered in 2007-08)
• T-560 Universal Design for Learning: Meeting the Challenge of Individual Differences (spring, Rose)
• T-605 The Work of Jean Piaget (spring, Duckworth)

Research Methods and Data Analysis courses (1 course)

• **AH-600 Parenting, Schools, and Achievement (spring, Nancy Hill)
• S-005 Introduction to Educational Research (fall, Tivnan)
• S-012 Empirical Methods: Introduction to Statistics for Research (fall, Tivnan)
• S-030A Intermediate Statistics: Applied Regression and Data Analysis (spring, Singer)
• S-030B Intermediate Statistics: Applied Regression and Data Analysis (spring, Singer)
• S-052 Applied Data Analysis (fall, Willett)
• S-504 Doing and Writing about Qualitative Research: Methods and Approaches (fall, Fong)

**For students who have already had some exposure to statistics.

Notes on Courses:

*Limited enrollment course

3 additional courses which focus on Human Development and Psychology

2 Elective courses (HGSE or Cross-registered)

It is important to note that the HDP master's program does not lead directly to teacher certification or counseling licensure, e.g., school adjustment counseling, guidance counseling, psychological counseling, although some courses offered in HDP may serve to fulfill partial requirements for these professional tracks. The requirements for certification vary across states and professional organizations, and students should check carefully with the appropriate agencies about their eligibility and the requirements for certification. Students who need further information about programs leading directly to certification should refer to the Teacher Education Program, the Language and Literacy Program for Reading Specialists (Initial Teacher Licensure), or other programs at HGSE.

Cross-Registration

Many HGSE students choose to take courses at other Harvard graduate schools (aka, cross-registering), including the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). Harvard's schools operate on different schedules. Therefore, remain mindful of school's individual calendars and deadlines: start of classes, vacations, and exams.

For more information about cross-registering at other Harvard schools, please visit: https://crossreg.harvard.edu/

HGSE Course Catalog

For more information about HGSE course offerings, view the entire HGSE course catalogue